we don't want to cut medicare. we want to reform medicare. if we want to go back to the tax rates of the clinton era, mr. polka dot tie, which i love you in, why not go back to the clinton era spending? president clinton really did cut spending and he really did work with the republicans to balance the budget. i haven't heard one thing out of any democrat, let alone the president, the newly elected president of all the people, talking about any real and immediate spending cuts, let alone entitlement reform. it's absurd. it defies erskine-bowles, rivlin-domenici. it defies every single bipartisan for the last two decades. >> we got to leave it. cornel, quickly, give us a final thought. >> my final thought is the president has already put -- has already signed into law $1.1 trillion in spending cuts. he's already come to the side of the republicans. republicans have to come into this and put something on the table. >> cornel belcher, mary matalin, thanks very much. let us know what you think. you can follow us on twitter, at ac360. >>> new sign